The Canadian Encyclopedia

The Fight to Fight: The No 2 Construction Battalion

This documentary tells the story of the No. 2 Construction Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) — also known as the Black Battalion. The battalion was authorized on 5 July 1916, during the First World War. It was a segregated non-combatant unit, the first and only all-Black battalion in Canadian military history. To learn more, visit: thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/…-battalion/ [https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthecanadianencyclopedia.ca%2Fen%2Farticle%2Fno-2-construction-battalion%2F&token=f5d10b-1-1569519949380]